Activities and Opportunities
New England Association of Chemistry Teach-~
land, having a membership of over 400. I t was organized in 1898 with Dr. Lyman C. Newell as its first president. Since its reorganization in 1921, i t has been operating in four divipions: The Central Divirion includes Eastern Maasachusetts; the SouthernDivirion,Southern Maseachusetfr and the State of Rhade Irland; the Western Division, the State of Connecticut and Westetern Mzsnachusetts; and the Northern Division, the States of New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont. Six meetings a year in its various divisions are now held, in t h e interests of ehemistry teaching, and industrial excurriono are arranged monthly in the Central Divirion. On November 3rd the Association visited t h e new Metcalf Chemical Laboratory at Brown University, Providence, R. I . Following the annual reports of officers and standing committees, Professor Gorham W. Harris of Simmons College gave a talk on "Some Chemistry of t h e Insect World" and Dr. Simon of Brown, a paper on "Some Applications of Photochemistry." The meeting concluded with a series of lecture demonstrations by Professor Herbert P. Davison of Brown. Previous to the meeting, visiting member. of the Association were shown about the new laboratory by the instructing staff of Brown. The sixth regional meeting of the Western Division was held a t Yale University on Deeemher 8th. being preccded by an industrial excursion thrcmgh the Kolynos factory in New Haven. Several members of the New York Association were the guests of the Association on this oeealion. At the morning session Mr. Earl R. Glenn of the Teachers College. Columbia Uniuer3ity. gave a paper on "Standard Tests in Chemistry." and a paper by A~sistant Professor Henry S. Johnson of the University of Havana on the rerultr of a questionnaire on the gradingof a typical chemistry paper wan presentid. A t the eanelusion of the morning meeting the visiting members were the guests of Professor P. T . Walden at his regvlar college class. Profesnor Walden gave an illustrated lecture on "Colloids." Following lunch a t the Woolsey Hall Cafeteria, an afternoon ~essionwar held at which report of the work Committees of the Western Division were given. New work committees for t h e enruinp. year were here elected and the meeting concluded by a practical talk o n "Some Unusual Uses o l Paper" by Mr. Burgess of New York City.
At the Brown meeting the annual election war held. The nominating committee consisted of Mr. Arthur H. Berry of t h e Providence Classical High Sehool, Rhode Island; Profesor Gorham W. Harris of Simmons College. Boston; Mr. Max Small of the New Haven High School, Connecticut: .Profernor Kraybill of New Hampshire University; Miss Charlotte E. Rogers of the East Providence, R h d e Island High School; and Mr. Raymond R . Thompson o l Hebron Academy, Maine. The following are the omeerselected for 1923-1924: PrcridmI: Mr. S. Walter Hoyt. Mechanical Arts High School, Boston. VircPrcridml: Mr. 1. Herbert Ward, Classa c a l High school. Providence. S c n r l o r w Mr. Laamnce R. Atwood. High School, Maldeo, Mssr. A n i s t a d Sendory: Miss oetavia Chapin. High School. Malden, Mass. Treasurer: Mr. Alfred M. Butler, High school^ of Practical Art., Bopton. Choirmcn of Dluirionr: Central: Miss Eva Ammidown, West R o x ~ bury High School, Boston. Southern: Professor Herbert F. Daviron Brown university; Providence. western: Mr. Le.lie 0. Johnno*, NEWHaven High School. Northern: Mr. Myron E. Berry, Tllton Sehool. Tilton. N e w H a m ~ s h i r e . Three more meetings will be held in the coming. winter and spring: one in March at Boston; and two in the month of M a y a o e in the Western Division a t Mount Holyoke College and one the second Saturday in M a y in New Hampshire. The meeting a t Mount Holyoke will be a joint meeting with t h e Connecticut Valley Seetion of' the American Chemical Society. The N. E. A. C. T , issues a publication in which full reports of the proceedings are given, induding the papers and addrcsrcs. This publication is sent t o all members free of charge. A limited number of extra copies are available for distribution t o non-members a t thirty-five cents a copy and may be obtained by addreroing the Sceretary. Lawrence R. Atwood, Maiden High Shoal. Malden, Mass. Maryland Association of Chemistry Teachers: During the Thanksgiving recess the Maryland Association of Chemistry Teachers was organized. The membership includes teacher. in secondary schooln, colleger, and universities, and provirion is alra made for admitting others who may have an active and intellisent interest in chemical education, even though they may be engaged in ,
teehoieal work. I t is planned to hold st k a r t one general meeting a year for the discussion of papers and reports. The function of the Association is risnifi~antly stated in the following article from the Constitutioo: "The purpose of this Arsociafion shall be the promotion of t h e teaching of chemistry. More specifically, the Ansociation shall seek t o acmmpiirh this purpme by serving as a medium for the erchhnge of ideas on practical teaching pmblem.. and as a means for keeping teachera in touch with the broader aspects of chemical education, particularly by affiliation with t h e Division of Chemical Education of the American Chemical Society." At the organization meeting the Report on the Correlation of High School and College Chemiitry ( I n d . and Bng. Cham., 15, 1189 (1923)), was presented for study and criticism. The plans for this journal also were presented, and a number of subseripfions were obtained. T h e w two matters alone would seem to indicate t h a t there is a distinct need for such an assoeiation, and t h a t the work of the Division of Chemical Education would be greatly facilitated if there were in each state a general arroeiation of teachers affiliated with the Division. Phillips' Medalist i n Bmnce: R u s d l I,. Jenkine. who war awarded the Francis C. Phillips' medal of chemistry in the University of Pittsburgh in 1920, and who has for the past three years held a graduate fellowship a t t h e Univernity of Illinois, is a t present in the laboratorr of Professor V. Grignard. Institute de Chlmie, Univerriti. de Lyon. Lyon, France, having obtained a srhdarrhip to France on t h e strength of hi. record a t the tTniverrity of Illinois. Mr. Jenkins writer t h a t Profesmr Grignard'~laboratory is in a well equipped chemistry building, which occupics an entire city block. With Mr. Jenkins in Proferror Grignard's private lrboratory are five other rtudents-three Frenchmen, a Rvssiau and a Canadian. Mr. Jenkins is working o n n new series of tetra-hydro-oxarolcs, which are being prepared by an entirely new procedure. California Institute of Technology: Professor Richard C. Tolmao of the California Institute of Technology recently attended a joint seraion of the Board ol Helium Engineers of the United States Rureau of Mine., with the Army-Navy Helium Board a t Fort Worth, Texas. The purpore of this meeting was t o invertigate the operation of the scmlkommercial p h n t designed by the Board of Helium Engineers. This plant run a t r considerably overrated capacity, produced helium of 96% purity more efficiently and more cheaply than any method heretofore suggested. University of Pittahuz~h: Dr. Alexander Silverman, Head of Chemistry Department, University of Pittsburgh, has been elected chairman of the Pittsbvrgh Section of the American Chemi d Soeicty for 1924. Rational Research Bellowshipa: The Xational Research Council in 1919 war entrusted by the Rockefeller Boundation with the expenditure of
an appropriation of half a million dollars within
a period of sir years for pmmoting fundamental research in physics, chemistry amd mathematics primarily in educations1 institution. in the United States. Recently this grant has been renewed for a second period of five years and has been increased t o $625,000. The primary feature of t h e plan is the initiation and maintenance of a system of National Research Fellowships which are t o be awarded by the National Research Council t o persons who have demonstrated s high order of ability in re3earch for the purpme of enabling them t o conduct investigations at educational inrtitutianr which make adequate provision for effective prosecution of rerearch in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. The results which are expected to follow are the benefit of a scientiSe career t o a larger number of able investisaton and their more thorough training io research, together with a n increase of knowledm of the fundamentrl principles of Physics, Chemistry and Mathe m a t i a , end the creation of more favorable cenditionr far research in the educational inetitutions of this country. These Fellow~hipr are administered by a Board representative of the different sciences invalved and are awarded after careful conridcration t o such as may he entitled i o them. The fundameotal requirements of a n applicant are a Ph. D. degree, or its equivalent, evidence irom the past of high ability and good character, and promine for the fvture from the opinions of men closely arrociated with him in scientific work, and the genera1 nature of the problem submitted. Applicants are permitted t o select the instimtions a t which they may ch-e to work. Fcllow~hipr are awarded for a period of twelve months with a minimum stipend of $1800 for men without dependents. Fellowe are expected t o devote their entire time t o research except t h a t during t h e college year they may a t their option give a portion of their time, in general not more fhnn one-fifth, to teaching of educational value t o themselves, or t o attendance on advanced courses of study. Their results must be made available t o t h e public without restriction. Bakelite Pelloaship: The Bakelite Corporation of New York has established at Northwestern University a Research Fellowrhip for studies on subjects related to the syntheti; resin industry, which are more suitable for pure scientific treatment than for the ordinary technical investigation. The Fellowship carrier a stipend of One Thousand Dollars. This position will be open February 1st. 1924. Applica. tion should be sent t o W. Lee Lewis, Chairman Chemistry Department, Northwestern Uniucrsity, Evaorton, Illinois. Pmhlic Health Institvte Bellownhip: The Research Division of the Public Health Institute of Chicago has established a t Northwestern University twelve Research Fellowships in the organic Chemistry of Arsenic and Mercury. The Fellowships earrv stipends of F i v e Hundred D o l l s r ~ . Candidates with research experience may be awarded aromcwhat larger amount. T h e
above positions will be open February 1st. 1924. Application should be sent t o W. lee Lewis. Chairman, Chemistry Depattment, Northwestern University. Evanston, Illinois. Chemotherapy of Tuberculosis: AFellowship carrying a five hundred doliarstipend is available a t the University ot Maryland for rerearch on specifies in the treatment of tubereuioais. The chemical work will he in charge of Dr. M. S. Khsrareh, Department of Chemirtry, University of Maryland, College Park, Md. American Chemist: The in.pirationa1 value of likeneser of the great hung upon the walls of laboratories and elass rwms han long been recognized, and few schools indeed have been without their portraib of Lincoln, Warhington, and Franklin. Yet our schools teaching chemistry have not had available. in properform,portraits of our country's great chemists. Whenever one has desired these, one has been referred to foreign sources from which few portraits of Americans have been obtainable. To offset this eimumstance as far as possible. Mr. D. H. Killefier, .4srodate Editor of Indurlriol 6' Enginewing Cltcmirlry. has made a very careful selection of those Ameticans who have been most dbtingubhed in the field of chemistry from the early days of the Republie t o the prerent and has prepared these for publication ih a form snitable for . . framing. In selecting those who should be included the assistance of Drr. Edgar F. Smith, F.P. Vensble. Julius stiegiit., Chas. H. Herty. E. C. Franklin. C. A. Browne, William McPhemon and Lyman C. Newell war asked and freely given. (It will be noted that five of there gentlemen have been presidents of the American Chemieel Society.) For thir reason it is believed that no better list
covid be prepared as representing American achievement in thir field. Portraits of the thirty-three gentlemen SELected for inclusion have been procured and reproduced in the best manner of modern printing. The sire of the portraits as finished is 4'/a by B inches on she& which leave generous margins for framing. The portraits are each reproduced on separate sheets with the autograph of the subjcct and on alternate sheets appear brief sketches of the work of each. The whole is attractively bound in such a form that any or all may be removed. In order to armre the publication of this work, advance subscriptions are being requested. Those interested are requested to communicate with Mr. Killeffer a t 19 East 24th Street, New Y0rk. The list of thwe whose portraits appear in this portfolio follows. Complete portfolios only are available and no selection of prints can be made. Baekeland. L. H. Langmuir, Irving Lewh, G. N. Beneroff, W. D. Maliett, J. W. Baitwood, B. B. Morley. E . W. Booth, J. C. Noyes, A. A. Chandler, C. P. Noyer, W. A. Chittenden, R. H. Clarke, 3.W. Ptiestley. Joaeph Remsen, Ira Cottrell, P. G. Cooke, Joriah P. Richards, T. W. Franklin. E. C. Rumford, Count Gibbs, J. Willard Siiiiman, Benjamin, S r Gibbn, Wolmtt Smith, Edgar P. Gomberg, Moses Smith, 1.Lawrenee Stieglitz, Juliun Hare, Robert Van Slyke, Donald D. Hiilebrand, W. F. Wbitney, W. R . Hunt, T. Sterry Wiley, H. U'.
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